Trap
ContinuousExtra Buck
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Each time a card(s) is added to your Extra Deck, place 1 Spell Counter on this card (max. 3). You can send this card with 3 Spell Counters to the GY; draw 2 cards.
Extra Buck — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Extra Buck converts Extra Deck additions into a 2-card draw, but only after three counters accumulate on a face-up Continuous Trap, so it is a slow refuel rather than a reliable starter or interaction piece. It is a trap, so it contributes no material value and no opponent interaction. The score comes from card advantage and cheap deckbuilding; the 16-deck sample (10 of them Endymion) confirms it is a live Endymion-adjacent support, but with no combo data its conversion rate and timing are unverified. High deck count reflects a consistent Endymion-line inclusion, not intrinsic strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Only a backrow trap with no searcher or tutor route in the evidence; it is in 16 of 16 decks but no combo starter or searched appearances are recorded (inferred, observed deck count). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text converts three Extra Deck additions into two cards drawn, with no recorded combo boards to confirm how often that condition is met in play (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 65 | Spend one trap to draw two after three counters, a net +1 card with GY send, giving repeated advantage in long games (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect; the card does not interact with the opponent's plays (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 0 | A Trap Card cannot be used as monster material, so the body contributes nothing (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | A face-up backrow trap that accumulates counters is exposed to backrow removal and must survive several turns to pay off (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Runs 1 to 2 copies with no garnet or lock restriction, but its benefit depends on Endymion-line Extra Deck traffic (observed from deck copies, inferred from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Recovery/Recursion; no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts Extra Deck additions into a 2-card draw with GY send, giving card advantage in long games
- Cheap to run at 1 to 2 copies with no garnet restriction
- Consistently included in the Endymion line (10 of 16 sampled decks)
Weaknesses
- Requires three Extra Deck addition events before it delivers value, so it is slow
- No opponent interaction and no material value
- Exposed as a face-up backrow trap with no recorded combo or resilience data
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal or destruction of the face-up trap before it collects three counters (inferred)
Best use
Recovery/Recursion: late-game card draw via Extra Deck additions. Decks: Endymion, Abyss Actor, Purrely, Mythical Beast.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Trap Card, Continuous, one-card draw-2 with three Spell Counters sent to GY (card text); Trap cards cannot be used as Extra Deck or monster material (card type); Present in 16 of 16 sampled decks, 10 in Endymion (decks evidence)
- Observed: Runs 1 to 2 copies, average 1.56 (decks evidence); Top partners are Endymion-line support cards at 56 to 69% co-occurrence (decks evidence)
- Inferred: Accessibility is limited to backrow without a tutor route (no search evidence); Counter accumulation is slow and exposed to backrow removal (inferred from text)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/payoff roles are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) so archetype inclusion % is from the deck sample only no information on which effects add cards to the Extra Deck in practice, so trigger frequency is unverified